Comparison of the effect of antibiotic treatment on the possibility of diagnosing invasive pneumococcal disease by culture or molecular methods: A prospective, observational study of children and adolescents with proven pneumococcal infection

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1266-1273

  Resti, Massimo ^a,b   Micheli, Annalisa ^a,b   Moriondo, Maria ^a,b   Becciolini, Laura ^a,b   Cortimiglia, Martina ^a,b   Canessa, Clementina ^a,b   Indolfi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Bartolini, Elisa ^a,b   de Martino, Maurizio ^a,b   Azzari, Chiara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

antibiotic; child; invasive pneumococcal infection; real time PCR; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTOLYSIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 68649093280     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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